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    Posted: 22 May 2020 at 11:26pm
Hello All
Just purchased a brand new 2019 189 Hood River Edition. I am pulling it with an F-150 with an EcoBoast 2.7 litre engine
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Posts: 6288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2020 at 9:30am
Congratulations and welcome! It sounds like you have a nice setup for towing the RPod. I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with it.
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Best wishes on your new trailer.  They are really nice.  We tow with a similar truck and have been very happy with it, at least for the one 500 mile drive in a storm that we were able to take before everything closed.  We had head winds most of the way from Las Vegas to Dayton, NV, with a some rain, snow, and sleet just for good measure and the truck did great.  The weights of the TV and trailer are nicely balanced.
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Posts: 195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2020 at 1:48pm
Originally posted by WPC

EcoBoast 2.7 litre engine

heh.  LOL

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Posts: 6288 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2020 at 2:18pm
Originally posted by poston

Originally posted by WPC

EcoBoast 2.7 litre engine

heh.  LOL
Why that response? The 2.7L Ecoboost engine is quite capable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5CDxmwIa_M

Admittedly, this video is 5 years old. The newer trucks have been improved even more such as 10 speeds instead of 6.
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Wasamata with my 2.7?  It will run me up to VC with out a problem, though I can't imagine why I'd bother to see closed down bars and tourist traps when I can hang out in Dayton or Silver City, where all the cool people are.  Tongue

Our little 2.7 was pulling a 4400 llb. trailer just fine on the way home from Las Vegas, getting 16 mpg until the headwinds started a little before Tonapah.  Climed all the mountains, even with head winds, as fast as I wanted to go.  Gets 24 mpg. around Dayton and CC.  The turboboost makes the mountains in high altitudes seem flat.  And, it's union made.  Big smile
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Oh, I see what it was. A typo: EcoBOAST instead of EcoBoost.

I guess if it performs that well, the owner can boast a bit. Thumbs Up
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Just like those of us who live in Dayton, NV instead of that slum Virginia City.Wink
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Posts: 195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2020 at 3:48pm
Originally posted by StephenH

I guess if it performs that well, the owner can boast a bit. Thumbs Up

Exactly!  If I had one, I'd boast about it too!

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I made the wrong decision but fixed it!  After towing my 190 with the Highlander Hybrid a week ago. We decided to change our tow vehicle. We traded our 2016 Highlander foR a 2016 4Runner!  A few more payments but actually less per month. Up’d our towing capacity to 5,000lbs. Hopefully this will be a good combination of TV and Trailer.  
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